Google’s New Earbuds With Real-Time Translation and 11 Other Digital Trends This Week

Sarah Enelow, Skift

- Oct 07, 2017 4:30 pm

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This week in digital news, we reported that disruptor Airbnb was the most-installed travel app in September, but the real-time translation of Google Pixel Buds could transform travel just as fundamentally.

— Sarah Enelow

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Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines digital trends.

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Photo Credit: Google Pixel Buds could remove much of the language barrier between tourists and locals. A man who identifies himself as Classic Car Manager Mr. Sergio (center), offers a ride in a vintage car to tourists, in Havana, Cuba, May 4, 2016. Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters